To some, August 15 seems like the middle of summer, but to the Pasadena Unified School District and its thousands of students today it’s time for “back to school” and to get “down to business.” “We are excited to welcome students and families to the new school... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District is expecting around 17,000 students to head back to its 28 schools Monday, August 15, as the 2016-2017 academic year kicks off. As thousands of children will be biking, crossing the streets and filling sidewalks on their wa... More »
A group of 100 African-American men plan to be at four different Pasadena Unified campuses on the first day of the District’s 2016-2017 school year on Monday to cheer on students, offer words of encouragement and open the door to expanded mentorship opportunit... More »
Pasadena Unified’s school year kick off rally early Wednesday was tempered by demonstrators leafletting the throng of arriving teachers and administrators to demand the removal of a principal at the center of a long-simmering protest effort. About 30 proteste... More »
Students heading back to school Monday for the first day of the Pasadena Unified School District’s 2016-2017 academic year have much look forward to and be proud of, school officials said Wednesday. In a Start-of-the-School-Year Event for district employees an... More »
As Pasadena Unified ramps up for the start of school on Monday, August 15, hundreds of District faculty and staff met Thursday morning in the Pasadena High School auditorium to spark morale, discuss the district’s accomplishments and plans, and recognize excep... More »
Three Pasadena La Salle High School seniors are planning to go to the World of Scholars 2016 Tournament of Champions at Yale University in November, after qualifying in the Global Round in Prague in mid-July. To get to the Tournament, the three have just launc... More »
The City of Pasadena has received a $145,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for use in its proposed Safer Streets – Pasadena School Area Safety Program for 2017 through 2017, an announcement by the City’s Department of Trans... More »
After facing off against 47 competitors from around the world, the Caltech Robotics Team won first prize at the 19th annual International RoboSub Competition for autonomous underwater vehicles in San Diego, held from July 25-31. The team’s robot submarine, nic... More »
Having learned in harmony during a time of racial strife, they gathered at Mijares Restaurant last Saturday evening to thank the man who guided them in their youth and enriched their lives foever. Dr. Mel Beech, a former sixth-grade Pasadena Unified teacher no... More »
When Andrew Rocha started his first class in career counseling at PCC, he took it very seriously. He began his second stint as a PCC student coming back from a full-time retail job, in search of his future passion and ready to pour himself into his studies. Wh... More »
The parents of 194 Madison Elementary School students demanded that Principal Juan Ruelas be replaced before the start of school next month in a petition delivered to Pasadena Unified School District’s Board of Education at Thursday night’s meeting. A second p... More »
